{"id":1139,"date":"2009-09-16T14:02:27","date_gmt":"2009-09-16T18:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wmlinfospot.wordpress.com\/?p=1139"},"modified":"2016-07-20T16:11:49","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T20:11:49","slug":"what-students-should-know-about-peer-to-peer-file-sharing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/2009\/09\/16\/what-students-should-know-about-peer-to-peer-file-sharing\/","title":{"rendered":"What Students Should Know about Peer to Peer File Sharing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo courtesy of flickr user Phoney Nickle, under a Creative Commons license<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here at the Library, we love pirates<\/a>.\u00a0 (Who doesn’t?)\u00a0 But we don’t love hearing about our students being pirates – that is, pirating music, movies, or other copyrighted material.<\/p>\n

Here’s what you need to know about pirating:\u00a0 Downloading or distributing whole copies of copyrighted<\/a> material for personal use or entertainment without *explicit* permission from the copyright owner is against the law<\/strong> – and the movie and music industries are increasingly searching for and prosecuting people who violate their copyright (yes, including students – for a first hand account, see “How it feels to be sued for $4.5 million<\/a>,” by Joel Tenebaum<\/a>).<\/p>\n

For this reason, the University of Scranton is particularly concerned about peer-to-peer file sharing.\u00a0 Not all file sharing is illegal – you can legally share content that you’ve created, or content for which the creator has given permission to share\u00a0 (for example, some artists and musicians choose to share using a Creative Commons license<\/a> – like the photographer who took the pirate photo that we’ve used at the top of this post).\u00a0 But sharing anything that’s under copyright – and that’s mostly everything! – is a violation of both federal law and the University’s <\/strong>Student Computing Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As a result, the University prohibits some peer-to-peer applications and limits bandwidth on others, and student violations\u00a0 are taken very seriously – see the\u00a0 University’s Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So what’s a movie-and-music-loving student to do?\u00a0 There are *legal* ways to listen to music and watch movies either for free or for a low price.\u00a0 For music, try out free internet radio stations like Pandora<\/a> or playlist.com<\/a>.\u00a0 If you prefer to own your own mp3s, check out Amazon’s mp3 store <\/a>– songs are often $0.99 or less, and each week samplers of new music are available for free.\u00a0 For movies, become a fan of the University of Scranton Programming Board<\/a> on Facebook to get the latest updates on free movie showings on campus.\u00a0 If you’re willing to pay a few bucks, explore streaming music services from Netflix<\/a> or iTunes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Want to know more?\u00a0 If you have questions about the University’s policies on file sharing, contact the Technology Support Center <\/a>at extension 4357.\u00a0 If you have general questions about copyright, feel free to ask a librarian<\/a> – we have lots of resources on <\/a>copyright<\/a> and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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